When I first saw the tv ad for Elliott Spitzer's new show, I thought it was a little ridiculous. There is nothing I hate more than a hypocrite. And as someone who was tough on crime and then committed a couple of egregious ones, Elliot Spitzer is towards the top of my hypocrite list -- along with the Catholic Church and the majority of the Republican party.
The more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. My friend Julie thought it was great -- America was a forgiving place, the land of second chances, yada, yada, yada. And that's all well and fine. However, the problem I have is that in an economy where so many deserving people are out of work -- and a lot of decent politicians have been voted out of office for making the unpopular but morally correct decision (ok, maybe not a lot -- but John Murtha is a lot more deserving than Spitzer. Yes, I know he's dead -- stick with me here), I think giving a so-called second chance to the man that spurred my friends and I to go "hooker hunting" ** is simply wrong. Not to mention that this second chance will result in a lot of easy wealth for the happy-hooker-hunter.
**(Hooker Hunting was the brainchild of my friend Judie who decided each month we would go to a different touristy hotel bar and see if we could identify the ladies-of-the-night. We never really saw any, so we added a second component to the evening which involved having the person to your left order your drinks for you. And that quickly disintegrated into a game of "screw your neighbor." ...and I guess that's why we don't do that anymore.)
The other part that bothers me is this guy is ugly. Yes, that is superficial, but he is. And if I am going to watch tv it needs to be either a) stimulating; b) pretty; or c) touching. So let's review:
a) Stimulating: This man is a harsh, screaming blowhard. Just because you say it louder, doesn't make it more interesting.
b)Pretty: um...no. He looks like Spock's uglier brother with the receding hairline. I'm frankly surprised that he was even able to pay for sex.
c)Touching: please refer to (a)
If we are going to reward some deserving American with a second chance, let's take a check down to the unemployment line -- bring in the Extreme Home Makeover team, give the kid a job with Donald Trump or a guest spot on The View. That's worthwhile. And that's who we should reward -- not the hypocrites that scream louder than the rest of us.
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